New York Comic Con

The Fox hit “Sleepy Hollow” added some fresh cast this season, including “House of Cards” veteran Sakina Jaffrey as the new police captain and Matt Barr as a sketchy bounty hunter. But that doesn’t mean these characters have had the expected effect on the series’ topsy-turvy world. “Only in ‘Sleepy Hollow’ can you arrive to bring civility and order and be seen as a party pooper‎,” Jaffrey, who replaced Orlando Jones’ defrocked Captain Irving, laughed to a New York Comic Con audience Sunday afternoon. ‎”But I’m happy to be the local killjoy.” After last season’s finale reveal of Henry Parish as the Horseman of War and — oh yes — as Ichabod and Katrina’s son, the second season has continued the show’s all-in mythology, with Tom Mison’s Ichabod Crane and Nicole Beharie’s Abbie Mills at the center of the action. At the […]

“Daredevil” made its New York Comic Con debut Saturday, and perhaps fittingly for a show ‎about a man who practices law by day and vigilante justice at night, the new Netflix series appears set to offer darker, more morally ambiguous television than some other superhero-inspired TV. Indeed, when “Daredevil” arrives in May, the producers and actors who turned out for the NYCC panel emphasized that the show will paint in murky corners. “What I love about this show is the moral gray area that’s inherent to Daredevil,” ‎said ‎showrunner Steven S. DeKnight. “He’s one day away from becoming Frank Castle instead of Matt Murdock,” he added to laughter. Said Charlie Cox, who plays the blind superhero, a character celebrating his 50th anniversary this year: “We’re meeting a man who believes in law and justice, and at night he is taking law […]

It seems more seafaring adventures are in store for the swashbuckling crew of the Walrus. The Emmy-winning pirate series “Black Sails” has gotten the green light for a third season, Starz announced Saturday at New York Comic Con. The news arrives before the show’s second-season premiere, slated for Jan. 24. The series follows fearsome pirate Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) and his crew 20 years before the events of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Luke Arnold portrays John Silver in the years before he becomes the “Treasure Island” baddie. The series also stars Hannah New as Eleanor Guthrie, who runs the New Providence smuggling operation; Jessa Parker Kennedy as young prostitute Max; and Zach McGowan as Captain Charles Vane, a rival pirate to Flint. Season 2 sees Tadgh Murphy’s debut as Ned Low, a pirate with a penchant for violence. […]

In time for his 75th anniversary, Batman is getting his own postage stamps. The limited edition “forever” stamps, unveiled Thursday at New York Comic Con, chronicle the Dark Knight’s evolution, depicting Batman from four eras of comic book history — the golden age, silver age, bronze age and current era of comics. The stamps also feature Gotham Police Commissioner James Gordon’s iconic Bat Signal. Check them out in the gallery above. On hand to reveal the stamps were DC Entertainment co-publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee, whose art is used for the modern age stamps, as well as U.S. Postal Service executive vice president James Cochrane and art director Greg Breeding, who designed the stamp sheet. PHOTOS: New York Comic Con cosplay “Batman has inspired and influenced fans around the world for generations and will continue to do so for […]

George Clooney kicked off New York Comic Con with a surprise appearance at the pop culture expo to promote his upcoming adventure, “Tomorrowland,” directed and co-written by Brad Bird. But the actor was hardly the only special guest attending the four day pop-culture expo, taking place at Manhattan’s Javits Center from Thursday through Sunday. Over the course of the next few days, stars from a number of fan-favorite series — including AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” Fox’s “Gotham” and Marvel’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” — along with such genre icons as Patrick Stewart and Adam West, are expected to participate in panel discussions, Q&As and signings. In all, New York Comic Con is expected to draw some 130,000 fans to the convention that come to rival the West Coast’s Comic-Con International in San Diego in size and scale. Fans on the floor […]

“You wanna go?” George Clooney asks in a new teaser for “Tomorrowland,” Brad Bird’s upcoming live-action feature based on a Disney theme-park attraction. After the teaser played at a New York Comic Con panel on Thursday‎, Clooney then did some going himself — right on to the stage as a surprise guest. “It’s not lost on me that I’m spending my honeymoon at Comic Con,” Clooney said to laughter as he joined Bird, writer Damon Lindelof and cast members including Hugh Laurie and Britt Robertson, who were already seated on the panel. Clooney then quipped to the crowd,”‎If you want to know about the plot, just ask me.” Story details have indeed been a closely guarded secret for the futurist adventure, which Disney is scheduled to release May 22. Based on comments made and footage shown during the panel, the […]

New York Comic Con kicked off Thursday with an Adam West Batman tribute, a spotlight on “Doctor Who” actor Arthur Darvill and Disney’s previews of “Tomorrowland” and “Big Hero 6,” among other panels. The pop-culture expo, held at Manhattan’s Javits Center today through Sunday, is expected to draw some 130,000 fans for a four-day convention that has come to rival the West Coast’s Comic-Con International in San Diego. If your schedule for this weekend’s events is still up in the air, consider these must-see NYCC panels slated for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. FRIDAY TNT’S “The Librarians” 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Empire Stage 1-E The upcoming series (based on the TV movies) follow a group of librarians on their adventures to protect mysterious, ancient artifacts. This panel features a sneak peek of the first episode, which premieres Dec. 7, and […]

Spider-Man, Iron Man and the Hulk are hitting the road. Hero Ventures, the company behind the new live-action road show featuring favorite Marvel comics characters, revealed the first four stops on their “Marvel Experience: The World’s First Hyper-Reality Tour” at New York Comic-Con on Thursday. Designed with the aid of concept artist Aaron Sims, who worked on “The Incredible Hulk,” “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “X-Men: First Class,” the show covers more than two acres and encompasses seven colossal domes, a life-size Avengers Quinjet, the world’s only 360-degree, 3-D stereoscopic full-dome attraction and a state-of-the-art 4-D motion ride. The “Experience” will preview in Phoenix from Dec. 12-Jan. 3, 2015, before officially premiering in Dallas on Jan. 9. The attraction will come to California in February 2015, opening Feb. 7 in San Diego at the Domes at Del Mar Fairgrounds, where it will […]

Gotham’s most famous crime fighter is featured on the new poster for New York Comic Con. Current “Detective Comics” co-writer and artist Francis Manapul, known for his work on such titles as “The Flash,” “Justice League,” “Witchblade” and “The Necromancer,” created the image for the upcoming pop culture expo, which will take place at Manhattan’s Javits Center Oct. 9-12. The poster superimposes a determined looking Batman over a map of the five boroughs; the iconic vigilante marks his 75th anniversary this year. Although it began as a more narrowly focused celebration of comic books, like its behemoth West Coast rival, San Diego’s Comic-Con International, NYCC is increasingly dominated by pop culture – especially television. Last year, an estimated 130,000 fans descended on New York’s far west side to attend the four-day confab featuring some 400 panels, screenings and special events. […]

“Dudes, we love you too, but you have like 19,000 panels,” “Captain Marvel” writer Kelly Sue DeConnick said. “This one is ours.” She continued a tradition Sunday afternoon at New York Comic Con that she started several “Women of Marvel” panels ago, saying that the assembled are no longer addressing the idea that women don’t read comics or superhero comics. “That’s over,” she said to screams of approval. DeConnick then had the women in the room who are interested in working in the comics industry stand up, and instructed them to make friends: “You are going to need each other. There is room up here – we’ll just keep making the table longer. We need you. We want you. You all have unique voices and gifts, and this industry absolutely needs you. The thing is, we need you to be […]